Less than 2 months after closing their Post Plaza location, Barnes & Noble is back.
The new site — the former Renovation Hardware — is smaller than the previous store, a couple of miles east.
Restoration Hardware was the previous tenant, for 20 years. For 80 years before that, this was the Fine Arts movie theater.
But there’s plenty of room for books of all types, games, puzzles and the like. The space is bright, fresh and airy. The shelves — as a press release noted — are “bespoke oak.”
There is no café. “There are plenty of good places for coffee and food downtown,” an employee says. “We want to be a good neighbor, and help everyone.”
Around noon, a steady stream of customers enjoyed downtown Westport’s newest retailer.
(Photos/Dan Woog)